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Emma Burgess researched the effects of fast food on today’s society. Statistics say that sitting down communicating with one another can improve a child emotionally and physically. She found that families who sat down at dinner to eat healthy cooked meals resulted in lower use of drug, alcohol, early sexual behavior, and suicidal risks. She stated that "everything changed when McDonald’s and Jack In the Box popped up on every corner". It can easily cost a family of four, twenty dollars for one meal at McDonald’s. If you add that up for a weeks worth of meals, that will begin to become very expensive. Food that has been processed is not going to have the same nutrition as food that has not been processed. One order of chicken nuggets adds up to four hundred and sixty calories. Those who try to be healthy and order a McDonald’s salad are being fooled by fake advertisement. Most of McDonald’s salads are double the calories than that of a cheeseburger or a simple hamburger. Eating at fast food restaurants more than eating at home can lead to a huge problem. Fast food has largely increased since the last generation and will continue to do so. Fast food will soon train everyone to become helpless when it comes to cooking; no one will know how to make home cooked meals anymore.

I strongly agree with Burgess because at one time, my family would only eat fast food because of it’s convenience. I was always ordering a salad thinking I was being healthy, but I was actually being tricked. We soon had to stop our bad habit because it was taking a toll on our family’s relationships, our health, and also became an issue with money. At the end of each day is my family’s strongest time to sit and talk to one another during dinner. Over time we began to see a difference in the nights we would grab fast food, compared to the nights we actually sat down at home and enjoyed a home cooked meal. Our relationships grew stronger, and dinner time suddenly became a priority for all of us. Emma’s research shows the truth behind the fast food industry in what you need to know, rather than what they want you to think.

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